The Nitty Gritty

Happy Holidays! It’s hard to believe we are the parents of a 14 month old! It seems like yesterday we were cuddling our teeny tiny newborn. It has been a fun year watching William grow and develop into a vivacious toddler. Is that what he is classified as now? A toddler? Or is he still considered a “baby?” See? There are still many things we need to learn as parents. William: Loves balls! He could throw, chase, roll, and whack a ball all day. Loves Mom! Everything is “Mom! Mom! Mom!” We’re trying to teach him that Dad is not “Mom.” Sometimes he says “dad.” Says lots of words: mom, up, ca (cracker), sh (shoe), jeez (Jesus), dog, woof, Dad, dis (this), doll (ball), ca vroom (car), woah, wow, HI!, Woo-woo (hooray) Men! (amen) key (cookie) mpa (grandpa) isec (Isaac) Makes animal sounds for elephant, bunny, dog, cow, horse, and tiger Signs: more, please, thank you, bath, bye Points to: mouth, head, eyes Eats: everything as long as it doesn’t have anyth...

My sister could not have summed up any better what our family has faced the past two weeks . I would just like to add that I am so grateful for prayer. My prayers have been answered over and over again and I feel like lately everyday I get news from someone that I've been praying for that things are looking up. So to all the Nitty Gritty fans--know that you can get on your knees and pour your heart out to Heavenly Father and He WILL listen!

Here is a video our friend Ryan made about the Down-N-Out Diner project! It is awesome!